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Lunacy - English meaning

Lunacy – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

It has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy

Synonims:

InsanityMadnessMental illnessDerangementDementiaDementednessInsanenessLoss of reasonUnsoundness of mindMental instabilityManiaFrenzyPsychosisCraziness
noun

Extreme foolishness or mental illness

Usage examples:

It would be lunacy to try and climb the mountain in this weather.

Lunacy translation into English

Lunacy: translate from English into Chinese

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疯癫, 疯狂行为

Lunacy: translate from English into Dutch

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Waanzin, Krankzinnigheid

Lunacy: translate from English into French

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Folie, Démence

Lunacy: translate from English into German

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Wahnsinn, Aberwitz, Idiotie

Lunacy: translate from English into Hindi

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पागलपन, उन्माद, पागलपान का व्यवहार, विक्षिप्तता

Lunacy: translate from English into Italian

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Follia, Pazzia, Demenza

Lunacy: translate from English into Korean

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전광, 정신이상

Lunacy: translate from English into Russian

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Безумие, Невменяемость, Помешательство, Большая глупость, Психоз, Глупый поступок

Lunacy: translate from English into Spanish

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Locura

Word origin

mid 16th century (originally referring to insanity of an intermittent kind attributed to changes of the moon): from lunatic + -acy.

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Lunacy – similar words

lunacies

noun

The state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

It has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy
Lunacies - all meanings in English

Lunacy synonims

craziness

noun

Mad, wild, or erratic behaviour or nature.

Usage examples:

He loves me and all of my craziness
noun

Stupid and unreasonable behaviour, speech, situations, etc.

Usage examples:

A moment's craziness had lost him his wife and his job., the public wants to stop the craziness of …
Craziness - all meanings in English

dementia

noun

A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

Dementia - all meanings in English

derangement

noun

The state of being completely unable to think clearly or behave in a controlled way, especially because of mental illness

Usage examples:

She had a history of mental derangement, he returned from the war in a state of furious derangement.
Derangement - all meanings in English

frenzy

noun

A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.

Usage examples:

Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage
noun

Excited, uncontrollable, and sometimes violent behavior or emotion

Usage examples:

[ c usually sing ] duncan’s game-winning shot sent the crowd into a frenzy., [ c usually sing ] the…
Frenzy - all meanings in English

insanity

noun

The state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.

Usage examples:

He suffered from bouts of insanity
noun

Mental illness

Usage examples:

The jury found him innocent on the grounds of temporary insanity.
Insanity - all meanings in English

madness

noun

The state of having a serious mental illness.

Usage examples:

In his madness he destroyed the work of years
noun

Mental illness

Usage examples:

There was a history of madness in her family., it would be sheer madness (= crazy) to ignore the sy…
Madness - all meanings in English

mania

noun

Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.

Usage examples:

Many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong
combining form

Denoting a specified type of mental abnormality or obsession.

Usage examples:

Kleptomania
noun

A unusually strong and continuing interest in an activity or subject

Usage examples:

He was surprised by his wife’s sudden mania for exercise.
Mania - all meanings in English

psychosis

noun

A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

Usage examples:

They were suffering from a psychosis
noun

A severe mental illness

Usage examples:

Psychotic delusions
Psychosis - all meanings in English

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